Advance Music

In K.G. Cape Town the wind instruments whirl over a pedal, with the drums navigating between solo and accompaniment. The piece is dedicated to Rossi's friend, the drummer Kevin Gibson.

Scungulli was inspired by a popular Italian-American mussels dish. Just like their merging of languages and (food) cultures, jazz scales and fresh harmonic nuances are combined in Scungilli. A medium...

The Forty Club is a blues in D major in 12/8 feel. The special thing about it is that the first and second part respectively can also be played by either violin, oboe, flute, or clarinet.

The overall form of this work in one movement is in seven sections. A slow introduction begins with multiphonics of the saxophone and sounds of cymbals played with a double-bass bow. Vibraphone and ma...

Atonement commemorates the holiest day of the year in the Jewish faith, called Yom Kippur. On that day an individual repents for transgressions which may have occurred during the past year. Fasting an...

Remembrance was written upon the passing away of one of the greatest influences in jazz - pianist Bill Evans. The transparent colors are reminiscent of his incredible lyricism and touch. The piece was...

Relentless is a piece which attempts to capture the connotation of the word itself. To be relentless can suggest positive or negative behavior depending upon the circumstances. What is common to eithe...

Ode for Leo is based on Steven Foster's Beautiful Dreamer. Using the melody as a framework, this tonal piece spotlights the wonderful agility of the solo cello throughout its extraordinary range. Comp...

It is natural as we age to contemplate the finality of passing on, if not personally, then certainly as an effect from others around you whom have left this space. Having to endure the passing of fami...

These piano preludes have developed from my longtime love of the music from both the classical and jazz traditions. I have intentionally adopted a format which may or may not include improvisation. Th...

Six preludes for solo piano using vocabulary from both the classical and jazz traditions.

Six preludes for solo piano using vocabulary from both the classical and the jazz traditions. Prelude XIII (G flat) focuses on a lovely right hand melody that sits on top a constantly shifting set of...

This is an orchestration of Clare Fischer's version found on the recording Latin Pattern. The piano introduction is Clare's from the recording Alone Together. The piano then starts the latin groove se...

In 'Monologue for Bb (or A) Clarinet', the dramaturgy of the music passes through various emotional facets, similar to what happens during those theatrical performances where one single actor, or char...

This breezy calypso features very reasonable brass ranges, written or ad lib solos for trumpet and trombone, and a fully-notated piano part for players with limited jazz experience.

Victor Feldman tune, recorded by Miles Davis on several occasions. The tune lends itself nicely to the big band instrumentation. Harmonically and rhythmically challenging arrangement, with rapid harmo...

Contemporary uptempo jazz. Through-composed. Moderate brass ranges. Recorded by The Eastman Jazz Ensemble on Changes Over Time: The Evolution of Jazz Arranging (Advance Music 11350). Also recorded by...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994. Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchest...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994.Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestr...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994.Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestr...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994.Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestr...

Recorded on Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra Featuring the Music of Bob Brookmeyer.Nevermore was written as a feature for Tom Harrell (Red Baron JK 53753). Entire sax section doubles on woodwinds: Flute...

Recorded on Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra Featuring the Music of Bob Brookmeyer.Nevermore was written as a feature for Tom Harrell (Red Baron JK 53753). Entire sax section doubles on woodwinds: Flute...

Song for Jaco is a warm and lyrical ballad of Peter's, which is dedicated to the legendary electric bassist, Jaco Pastorius. Solo contributions are heard from the lead trumpet, the baritone saxophone...

Prism is a modal composition which is based largely on several reharmonizatios of a simple 8-bar melody. It is a jazz waltz and features the lead alto sax. Correlated with Vol. 1 of the Jazz Workshop...